The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Index Database

Results for
Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

graph

All subjects (including unvalidated):

subject	book bibliographic info
exempla/exemplarity	Blum and Biggs (2019) 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 208
exempla/exemplarity, valerius flaccus, g.	Blum and Biggs (2019) 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87
exempla/exemplarity, vergil, p. vergilius maro	Blum and Biggs (2019) 136, 138
exemplar	Oksanish (2019) 88, 89, 90, 91 Poorthuis and Schwartz (2014) 5, 206, 210, 217, 220, 224, 225
exemplar, abraham, as universal	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 43, 44, 50, 216
exemplar, aristotle, appeal of as, apuleius	Hoenig (2018) 110
exemplar, divine sonship of jesus as	Peppard (2011) 6, 14, 155, 165, 171, 237
exemplar, fatherhood of god, causal	Widdicombe (2000) 177, 178
exemplar, gamliel, r., as	Simon-Shushan (2012) 69, 124, 135, 139, 140, 141, 143
exemplar, honi hame'agel as rabbinic	Simon-Shushan (2012) 135
exemplar, judah, r, as	Simon-Shushan (2012) 143
exemplar, model, moral	Moss (2010) 109
exemplar, senate of rome, as	Ando (2013) 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 202, 383
exemplar, septuagint, pentateuch, official	Bickerman and Tropper (2007) 140, 141, 143
exemplar, shammai, as	Simon-Shushan (2012) 141, 143
exemplar, widow, in tale of widow’s mite, as moral	Ashbrook Harvey et al (2015) 185
exemplar, yohanan ben zakkai, r., as	Simon-Shushan (2012) 139, 140, 141
exemplarity	Bay (2022) 130 Champion (2022) 9, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34 Čulík-Baird (2022) 121, 123, 124, 153, 188
exemplarity, ab urbe condita, livy, aetia and	Walter (2020) 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154
exemplarity, and biology	Bexley (2022) 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 111, 116, 117, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 134, 135, 138, 154, 155, 156, 159
exemplarity, and change over time	Roller (2018) 22
exemplarity, and family models	Bexley (2022) 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 111, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 146, 147, 150, 151, 159, 160
exemplarity, and metapoetics	Bexley (2022) 115, 116, 117
exemplarity, and mimesis	Bexley (2022) 100, 101, 102, 103, 131, 137, 142, 159
exemplarity, and statuary/sculptures	Bexley (2022) 109, 110, 111
exemplarity, and the roman funeral	Bexley (2022) 120, 121
exemplarity, and theatrical performance	Bexley (2022) 128, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142
exemplarity, arria, wife of thrasea paetus, and	Bexley (2022) 151
exemplarity, available to broad audiences	Roller (2018) 63
exemplarity, broken under domitian, chain of	Langlands (2018) 245, 246, 248, 250
exemplarity, chain of	Langlands (2018) 44, 94
exemplarity, change over time, sites of	Langlands (2018) 209, 211, 215, 221, 223
exemplarity, cicero, and	Bexley (2022) 104, 105
exemplarity, decline	Roller (2018) 155
exemplarity, dorotheus as, exemplar,	Champion (2022) 197, 198, 201, 202
exemplarity, dramatizing for habituation	Champion (2022) 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202
exemplarity, exegesis, and	Champion (2022) 194, 195
exemplarity, exemplars,	Morrison (2020) 40, 60, 98, 108, 109, 111, 183, 184, 214
exemplarity, exemplum, imitation, emulation	Poulsen and Jönsson (2021) 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 81, 106, 146, 147, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 163, 172, 178, 200, 203, 218, 227, 229, 230, 232, 234, 239, 242, 243, 247, 277, 278, 292
exemplarity, genealogy, and	Bexley (2022) 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 111, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 150, 151
exemplarity, habituation, and	Champion (2022) 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202
exemplarity, improvement	Roller (2018) 154, 155
exemplarity, in letters	Champion (2022) 102, 103, 106, 107
exemplarity, in scripture	Gray (2021) 44, 45, 46, 47
exemplarity, internal inconsistency, sites of	Langlands (2018) 286
exemplarity, intertextuality, and	Bexley (2022) 115, 116, 117, 126, 127, 128, 134, 135, 148, 149, 150
exemplarity, literary engagement with, sites of	Langlands (2018) 292, 293, 294, 296, 299, 301, 305, 306, 309, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 324, 325, 329, 330
exemplarity, minotaur, significance of in roman	Bexley (2022) 103, 104, 105, 106, 151
exemplarity, mucius scaevola, changing site of	Langlands (2018) 209, 211, 215
exemplarity, negative	Roller (2018) 120, 242
exemplarity, of christ	Champion (2022) 17, 18, 44, 45, 46, 47, 100, 188, 189, 193, 194
exemplarity, of clothing, monastic	Champion (2022) 193, 194
exemplarity, of education, egypt	Czajkowski et al (2020) 19, 97, 98, 115
exemplarity, of hercules, self-reflexive	Bexley (2022) 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165
exemplarity, paternity, and	Bexley (2022) 104
exemplarity, paulina, wife of seneca, and	Bexley (2022) 151
exemplarity, positive vs. negative	Roller (2018) 98, 113, 159, 183, 188, 192
exemplarity, productive logic of	Roller (2018) 38, 89, 157, 218, 245
exemplarity, prospective	Roller (2018) 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63
exemplarity, repetition, and	Bexley (2022) 102, 103, 104
exemplarity, retrospective	Roller (2018) 54, 56, 57
exemplarity, retrospective vs. prospective	Roller (2018) 154, 274, 284
exemplarity, scipio africanus, and chain of	Langlands (2018) 94
exemplarity, self-reflexive forms of	Bexley (2022) 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179
exemplarity, sites of	Langlands (2018) 209, 211, 215, 221, 223
exemplarity, suicide, and	Bexley (2022) 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151
exemplarity, tacitus, on	Langlands (2018) 245, 246, 248, 250
exemplarity, theory	Gray (2021) 2, 75, 169, 170, 241
exemplarity, valerius maximus, and chain of	Langlands (2018) 44
exemplars	Najman (2010) 95, 110, 114, 158, 165, 166, 167, 172, 173, 183, 184, 185, 222, 231, 236, 238, 239, 241, 250, 251, 252, 255 Simon-Shushan (2012) 135
exemplars, ambiguous	Simon-Shushan (2012) 141, 143, 146, 148
exemplars, form, as	Ebrey and Kraut (2022) 403, 422
exemplars, marginal	Simon-Shushan (2012) 148, 150, 153
exemplars, miracle workers, as	Simon-Shushan (2012) 135
exemplars, of trust	Morgan (2022) 62, 63, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 173, 243, 270
exemplars, of trust, jesus as	Morgan (2022) 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 228, 271, 279, 280, 361
exemplars, of trust, john the baptist as	Morgan (2022) 215
exemplars, of trust, paul as	Morgan (2022) 62, 63
exemplars, rabbis	Simon-Shushan (2012) 135, 139, 140, 141, 148
exemplars, rabbis as	Simon-Shushan (2012) 139, 140, 141
exemplars, sukkah cases	Simon-Shushan (2012) 143, 146
exemplum/exemplarity	Clay and Vergados (2022) 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 285, 286, 287

List of validated texts:

17 validated results for "exemplar"

1. Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy, 32.4 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Abot, exemplarity of sages’ lives in • Mishnah, exemplarity of sages’ lives in • Sifra, exemplarity of sages’ lives in • Sifre to Deuteronomy, exemplarity of sages’ lives in • Sifré to Numbers, exemplarity of sages’ lives in • Tosefta, exemplarity of sages’ lives in • exemplars of trust

Found in books: Morgan (2022) 76; Neusner (2004) 179

32.4. הַצּוּר תָּמִים פָּעֳלוֹ כִּי כָל־דְּרָכָיו מִשְׁפָּט אֵל אֱמוּנָה וְאֵין עָוֶל צַדִּיק וְיָשָׁר הוּא׃'
32.4. כִּי־אֶשָּׂא אֶל־שָׁמַיִם יָדִי וְאָמַרְתִּי חַי אָנֹכִי לְעֹלָם׃ '. None

32.4. The Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice; A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is He. .''. None

2. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 12.2, 18.17 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Abraham, as universal exemplar • Septuagint, Pentateuch, official exemplar • exemplars of trust

Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007) 143; Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 43, 44; Morgan (2022) 76, 77

12.2. וְאֶעֶשְׂךָ לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל וַאֲבָרֶכְךָ וַאֲגַדְּלָה שְׁמֶךָ וֶהְיֵה בְּרָכָה׃
12.2. וַיְצַו עָלָיו פַּרְעֹה אֲנָשִׁים וַיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ׃
18.17. וַיהֹוָה אָמָר הַמְכַסֶּה אֲנִי מֵאַבְרָהָם אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי עֹשֶׂה׃' '. None

12.2. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
18.17. And the LORD said: ‘Shall I hide from Abraham that which I am doing;' '. None

3. None, None, nan (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Vergil (P. Vergilius Maro), exempla/exemplarity • exemplarity, exemplars

Found in books: Blum and Biggs (2019) 138; Morrison (2020) 184

4. None, None, nan (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • exemplarity • imitation, emulation, exemplarity, exemplum

Found in books: Poulsen and Jönsson (2021) 106; Čulík-Baird (2022) 121

5. None, None, nan (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • First movements, Expounded by Seneca, perhaps earlier by Cicero, but examples in Aristotle and (possibly) Chrysippus not yet recognized as such • emotions, examples of • exemplarity

Found in books: Graver (2007) 231, 233, 237; Sorabji (2000) 70; Čulík-Baird (2022) 188

6. None, None, nan (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Scipio Africanus, and chain of exemplarity • chain of exemplarity • exemplarity,

Found in books: Bay (2022) 130; Langlands (2018) 94

7. None, None, nan (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • exemplarity, positive vs. negative • sites of exemplarity, literary engagement with

Found in books: Langlands (2018) 305; Roller (2018) 183

8. New Testament, James, 2.23 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Septuagint, Pentateuch, official exemplar • exemplars of trust

Found in books: Bickerman and Tropper (2007) 143; Morgan (2022) 77

2.23. Ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην, καὶ φίλος θεοῦ ἐκλήθη.''. None

2.23. and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God. ''. None

9. New Testament, Romans, 3.21-3.26 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Moral Exemplar model • exemplars of trust • exemplars of trust, Paul as

Found in books: Morgan (2022) 63, 76, 77; Moss (2010) 109

3.21. νυνὶ δὲ χωρὶς νόμου δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ πεφανέρωται, μαρτυρουμένη ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν, 3.22. δικαιοσύνη δὲ θεοῦ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς πάντας τοὺς πιστεύοντας, οὐ γάρ ἐστιν διαστολή. 3.23. πάντες γὰρ ἥμαρτον καὶ ὑστεροῦνται τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ, 3.24. δικαιούμενοι δωρεὰν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι διὰ τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· 3.25. ὃν προέθετο ὁ θεὸς ἱλαστήριον διὰ πίστεως ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν πάρεσιν τῶν προγεγονότων ἁμαρτημάτων 3.26. ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ, πρὸς τὴν ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ νῦν καιρῷ, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν δίκαιον καὶ δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἐκ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ.''. None

3.21. But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets; 3.22. even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction, 3.23. for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; 3.24. being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; ' "3.25. whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God's forbearance; " '3.26. to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus. ''. None

10. New Testament, John, 17.21 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • exemplarity, in letters • exemplars of trust, Jesus as

Found in books: Champion (2022) 107; Morgan (2022) 222, 223

17.21. ἵνα πάντες ἓν ὦσιν, καθὼς σύ, πατήρ, ἐν ἐμοὶ κἀγὼ ἐν σοί, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἡμῖν ὦσιν, ἵνα ὁ κόσμος πιστεύῃ ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας.''. None

17.21. that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me. ''. None

11. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • exemplarity, and statuary/sculptures • exemplarity, improvement • exemplarity, retrospective vs. prospective • genealogy, and exemplarity

Found in books: Bexley (2022) 109, 110; Roller (2018) 154

12. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Mucius Scaevola, changing site of exemplarity • exempla and exemplarity • exempla and exemplarity, Republican • sites of exemplarity • sites of exemplarity, change over time

Found in books: König and Whitton (2018) 320; Langlands (2018) 209

13. Pliny The Younger, Letters, 7.29 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Tacitus, on exemplarity • chain of exemplarity, broken under Domitian • exempla and exemplarity • exempla and exemplarity, Republican

Found in books: König and Whitton (2018) 324, 327; Langlands (2018) 246

7.29. To Montanus. You will first laugh, then feel annoyed, and then laugh again, if ever you read something which you will think almost incredible, unless you see it with your own eyes. I noticed the other day, just before you come to the first milestone on the Tiburtine Road, a monument to Pallas * bearing this inscription ''. None

14. None, None, nan (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • First movements, Expounded by Seneca, perhaps earlier by Cicero, but examples in Aristotle and (possibly) Chrysippus not yet recognized as such • emotions, examples of

Found in books: Graver (2007) 237; Sorabji (2000) 122

15. None, None, nan (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Tacitus, on exemplarity • chain of exemplarity, broken under Domitian • exempla and exemplarity • exempla and exemplarity, Republican • exemplarity, self-reflexive forms of

Found in books: Bexley (2022) 171, 172, 173; König and Whitton (2018) 307, 308; Langlands (2018) 245

16. Vergil, Aeneis, 1.203
Tagged with subjects: • Valerius Flaccus, G., exempla/exemplarity • exempla and typology, Orosius Historiae, exemplarity in • exempla/exemplarity

Found in books: Blum and Biggs (2019) 71; Goldhill (2022) 417

1.203. mittite: forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.''. None

1.203. (rage never lacks for arms)—if haply then ''. None

17. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • exemplarity, exemplum, imitation, emulation • imitation, emulation, exemplarity, exemplum • senate of Rome, as exemplar

Found in books: Ando (2013) 164; Poulsen and Jönsson (2021) 8

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

Tiresias: The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Source Database